Blue Emperor

base stats

• NL sightings 506iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 23,665iNaturalist observations
• threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• 👀Spotted 506 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #17 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
• 🌍23,665 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by William Elford Leach in 1815 (211 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Blue Emperor

Nederlands

Grote Keizerlibel

scientific name

Anax imperator

class

Insecta

order

Odonata

family

Aeshnidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

506

sightings in Europe

17,792

sightings worldwide

23,665

GBIF records in NL

150,811

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1815 by William Elford Leach

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.